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Large-scale screen highlights the importance of capsule for virulence in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus iniae.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2005
Miller Jesse D, Neely Melody N
Abstract excerpt
Zoonotic pathogens have the unique ability to cross the species barrier, causing disease in both humans and specific animal hosts. Streptococcus iniae is a zoonotic pathogen of both fish and humans, and the clinical presentations of S. iniae infections in fish and humans are very similar to those caused by various human-specific streptococcal pathogens. Virulence mechanisms required for infection by this pathogen...
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